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base of arms, 12.7 cm (5 inches); length of long tentacular arms, 55.8 em 
and G0.9 cm (22 and 2d inches) respectively; of first (dorsal) pair of arms, 
16.5 cm (6.5 inches); of second pair, 20.3 cm (8 inches); of third pair, 
21.6 cm (8.5 inches); of fourth pair, 20.3 cm (8 inches) : length of caudal fin, 
15.24 cm (6 inches); breadth, 34.3 cm (13.5 inches); transverse distance 
between insertions of caudal fins, 5.9 cm (2.33 inches); breadth across 
body in middle, 12.7 cm (5 inches); circumference of body, 31.7 cm (12.5 
inches); length of eye-opening, 3.2 cm ; its breadth, 1.9 cm ; length of 
sucker-bearing portion of tentacular arms, 16.5 cm (6.5 inches); of por¬ 
tion bearing large suckers, S.25 cm (3.25 inches); breadth, 1.9 cm (.75 inch); 
length of terminal portion, 3.8 cm (1.5 inches); diameter of naked or pe¬ 
duncular portion, .8 cm to 1.25 cm ; breadth of dorsal arms at base, 1.9 cm ; 
of second pair, 2.57 cm ; of third pair, 2.51 cm ; of fourth pair, 2.51 cm ; 
diameter of largest tentacular suckers, 9 mm to IQ™ 111 ; of their rims, 7 mB " 
to 8 mm ; diameter of largest suckers of ventral arms, 10 mm (.10 inch); of 
their rims, 7 mm to S mm . 
Color, in alcohol, reddish or purplish brown, specked with darker 
brown on the dorsal surface of the body; upper side of head and outer 
sides of arms thickly covered with specks of purplish brown; inner 
surfaces paler, much as in the common small squids; sides yellowish 
brown: under surfaces yellowish brown, tinged with purplish. 
The original specimen was cast ashore during a severe gale near Cape 
Sable, Xova Scotia, several years ago, and was secured for the Pro¬ 
vincial Museum at Halifax, by J. Matthew Jones, esq. It is preserved 
entire in alcohol and is still in good condition. 
I also refer to this species an entire beak with the odontophore, pre¬ 
sented by Capt. George A. Johnson and crew of the schooner “ A. H. 
Johnson.” It was taken at Sable Island Bank, Is ova Scotia, in 280-300 
fathoms, September, 1878. This beak (Plate XVII, fig. 2) has the 
exposed parts black, the internal lamina? reddish brown. The upper 
mandible is sharp and strongly incurved, with a small narrow notch at 
its base, from which runs a raised lateral line; beyond the notch the 
anterior edge of the ala is convex and slightly uneven. The lower 
mandible has a small notch below the incurved tip; below this the cut¬ 
ting edge is slightly concave to the basal notch, which is narrow on the 
right side, but broader and V-shaped on the left; beyond the notch the 
alar tooth is narrow, prominent, and truncate on the right, but broader 
and blunt on the left. Opposite the notch and tooth the side of the 
beak is strongly excavated. Total length of upper mandible, 31 mm ; 
hight, palatine to frontal, 24““; tip to bottom of notch, S.5 mm ; tip to 
dorsal edge of frontal laminee, 24.5 mm ; breadth between anterior lobes 
of ala?, 6.2 mm ; breadth of palatine, 17.5 mm . Total length of lower man¬ 
dible, 23 nyn ; hight, rnentum to inner end of aloe, 22 mm ; tip to notch, 
7.8 mm ; tip to end of inentum, 8.2™™; tip to dorsal end of gular, 16 mm ; 
transverse breadth at alar teeth, I 111 ™. 
The odontophore is similar to that of the typical 8. megajptera , but the 
